Spikeophile

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noun

A fan of the character Spike from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounSpikeophile (plural Spikeophiles)

plural Spikeophiles

  1. A fan of the character Spike from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

    If you mean that Spikeophiles are wrong to love this fictional character, well, that's just silly.

    2002 July 25, Clairel, “Re: New Fury interview: Spike & soul”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet)
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    (The rabid Spikeophiles are expecially fond of it, as they use it to demonstrate that he's not a soulless demon like the rest of vampirekind.)

    1999 July 24, Lord Usher, “Re: Pure Demon theory”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet)

    This all or nothing thinking is probably what causes the Spikeophiles and the anti-Spikists to go at each other so hard.

    2002 September 9, Ray Stark, “Re: Faith (S3) vs Buffy (S6)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet)

Origin

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APA

Spikeophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spikeophile

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“Spikeophile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spikeophile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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